black
adjective
being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
unblacked
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a word derived from
black.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he looked the young man over angrily from his eager face to his unblacked shoes.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach
He snatched his cap and was away up the High Street before anybody could find time to tell him that his neck was unwashed, his boots unblacked or unlaced, or his collar disarranged.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
He stamped one foot, and picked up his other laced boot, heavy, thick-soled, unblacked, mended many times.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
Why, out, sir, of course," she replied; "he came in at half-past ten this morning with his boots unblacked.
From A Queen's Error by Henry Curties
His shoes were unblacked, and they were of an elderly shapelessness.
From Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
